Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight, Colin is joined by Shawnté Salabert to break down her trip to Title Nine’s Pitchfest 2025, where women founders are reshaping the outdoor industry from the ground up. Since 1989, Title Nine and its founder Missy Park have been putting money behind women-led brands; more than $1.7 million in Pitchfest investments and $72 million in total purchasing power. Shawnté attended this year's edition and shares what

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app!  Introducing The Rock Fight Deep Dive! A new series where we team up with a partner for a deeper look at an outdoor industry topic. Today Colin takes an unfiltered look at the state of fabric innovation in the outdoor industry by heading to the Functional Fabric Fair in Portland, Oregon. Prompted by a listener letter asking whether the industry’s obsession with lifestyle over performance has killed innovation, Colin hits the trad

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight , Colin, Eoin, and Producer Dave tackle a chaotic week for outdoor retail, from store closures to corporate pivots and questionable marketing moves! On the docket! REI shutters its SoHo and Boston stores: Both shops are unionized, sparking speculation about whether this is cost-cutting, anti-union, or just part of the Peak 28  overhaul. (03:55) Orvis blames tariffs for closing 36 stores: Are we sure it isn

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app!  Today on The Rock Fight, Colin digs into the question: what the hell is an “emerging...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight , Colin,   Eoin Comerford , and Producer Dave  tackle a packed week...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app!  In this instant reaction episode of The Rock Fight , Colin  and Eoin Comerford  break...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight , Colin and Producer Dave break down the latest headlines in the...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Could Outdoor Economy Conferences  be the future of industry gatherings? Today on The Rock...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight , Colin, Eoin, and Producer Dave are joined by Darren Bush ,...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today Colin sits down with Lindsay Shumlas , CEO of Cotopaxi , for a conversation about the...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! It's Monday on The Rock Fight! Which means that Colin is joined by outdoor industry insider...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app!  Today on the show Colin is joined by longtime journalist and former Outside  magazine...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today Colin and the Monday Boys (outdoor industry insider Eoin Comerford and brand &...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! On this episode of The Rock Fight , Colin sits down with Todd Frank , owner of The...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today Colin is joined by The Monday Boys (outdoor industry insider Eoin Comerford and brand...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight, The Brief is back! The Brief is a look at the brand and creative...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on the show Colin & Shawnté bid farewell to the Wednesday episodes of The Rock Fight...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on the show Colin convenes with The Monday Boys (outdoor industry insider Eoin...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today on The Rock Fight Colin & Shawnté discuss the following topics that have come out of...

Click to listen on your favorite podcast app! Today Colin along with Outdoor Industry Insider Eoin Comerford and Brand & Creative Expert...